If I need a piece of information, I'm online, and I'm too lazy to go fumble through a box of books, I'll Google to find the tidbit. I'll also go and cross-reference with two or three other sites to make sure I have the right info.
As far as online computer help and tech support, a good 10-15 minutes, either through the web or through Usenet, will save me a learning curve of hours trying to track down a problem.
So, it's a matter of "at your fingertips". Will that replace the books in our library? Has Bunny Watson been replaced in 2003?
Hell, no.
The 'Net supplements my informational needs; it will never replace it.
It's a basic rule of employment, accept the money, play by the rules.
If one of my employees did or said something that was obviously against the interests of my business, I would reprimand and possibly fire him. If they discussed this in public, I would blacklist him as a "big mouth".
Greer should be lucky that he hasn't become 'unaccesible' like Karen Silkwood.
* Boots up to 'SpiderMan, SpiderMan, Does Whatever A Spider Can' * Warns user, 'With great power comes great responsibility' * Comes with only with 56k Dialup * Can detect virii, worms, and other malware very well, but constantly blamed by media for whatever virus-du-jour * Can only log in as Anonymous Coward to protect anonymity
The settlements, which do not include any admission of wrongdoing, require Internet users to destroy copies of illegally downloaded songs and agree to "not make any public statements that are inconsistent" with the agreement.
Dear World:
The RIAA is Mother. The RIAA is Father. {signed} 52 Signatures of Settlement
At which the the child gets a failing mark for not "understanding" the course material and following on with the Standardised Groupthink (TM). Tack on a weeks detention for answering back, while we're at it!
'Dead Artist', where the music industry buys the tracks from the grieving life partnet/family member for a piddlin' amount, and then makes a bundle on 'tribute' CDs.
(Someone else can make the Sally Struthers/Christian Children's Fund riff -- I need more coffee.)
Referring to The Manchurian Candidate, a 1962 film in which American soldiers are brainwashed into becoming fighting machines in the Korean war, Mr Thompson said: "We have got a nation of Manchurian Candidates who are training on these video games."
Next on the list of plantiffs -- the Bicycle Playing Card Company.
The LawMeme article thinks this is bad news for innovation since Congress might be likely to pass a law making innovative software providers more liable for the copyright infringements of their customers in order to stop the public outcry over the RIAA lawsuits.
Here's a historical precedent: Preston Tucker. Many of his innovations were used by the very people that drove him (no pun, ha ha) out of business.
Well, they must be porn. I'm now off to download everything on project Gutenberg and rename all the files 'porn underage kiddies sluts with barnyard animals.txt'
Too late. They downloaded "The Decameron" and "Ulysses" by James Joyce just to prove their point.
Slashdot Mirror
The lesson is that if you work hard and save your money to buy something, once you break the law with it, it will be taken away.
This message brought to you by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security.
In any event, no one here has anymore right to judge my parenting skills than I do.
Yet you post on a public board, albeit anonymously. Wonderful.
Just remember, karma isn't just a modpoint, and she has a penchant for nice juicy asses.
If I need a piece of information, I'm online, and I'm too lazy to go fumble through a box of books, I'll Google to find the tidbit. I'll also go and cross-reference with two or three other sites to make sure I have the right info.
As far as online computer help and tech support, a good 10-15 minutes, either through the web or through Usenet, will save me a learning curve of hours trying to track down a problem.
So, it's a matter of "at your fingertips". Will that replace the books in our library? Has Bunny Watson been replaced in 2003?
Hell, no.
The 'Net supplements my informational needs; it will never replace it.
Wow. Hooters at the Inner Harbor *and* wireless.
Isn't life great for a Charm City Geek.
It's a basic rule of employment, accept the money, play by the rules.
If one of my employees did or said something that was obviously against the interests of my business, I would reprimand and possibly fire him. If they discussed this in public, I would blacklist him as a "big mouth".
Greer should be lucky that he hasn't become 'unaccesible' like Karen Silkwood.
* Boots up to 'SpiderMan, SpiderMan, Does Whatever A Spider Can'
* Warns user, 'With great power comes great responsibility'
* Comes with only with 56k Dialup
* Can detect virii, worms, and other malware very well, but constantly blamed by media for whatever virus-du-jour
* Can only log in as Anonymous Coward to protect anonymity
The settlements, which do not include any admission of wrongdoing, require Internet users to destroy copies of illegally downloaded songs and agree to "not make any public statements that are inconsistent" with the agreement.
Dear World:
The RIAA is Mother.
The RIAA is Father.
{signed}
52 Signatures of Settlement
The site is still up for now, but how long will it last?
... who read the above sentence and mentally added:
How -- long -- will -- it -- last?!?
Someone get the Shatner Earworm out of my mind please....
I don't understand any of your jokes. And what's so funny about the picture of a man with an wide open anus?
Self-Portrait of the User.
come on people. it's not magic. It's battery powered. you didn't realize when the batteries died the thing would fall over?
But... but when I clap very loud, the lights in my house come on.
Like TinkerBelle coming back to life.
Yes, Peter Pan, I *do* believe in batteries. I do!
And the Clapper.
"This transmission is intended as a celebration of the Gallifreyan lifestyle..."
Thanks a lot. Now I have this image of Cybermen and Daleks dancing as psychodelic sillhouettes to 'Spunk' as played by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Now all we need as Gale Harold as the Doctor and Randy Harrison as the newest Companion.
At which the the child gets a failing mark for not "understanding" the course material and following on with the Standardised Groupthink (TM). Tack on a weeks detention for answering back, while we're at it!
For:
C: Hmmm... let me think...
Impudent troublemaker! Thinking is not permitted!
Obvious Sequel to 'Starving Artist':
'Dead Artist', where the music industry buys the tracks from the grieving life partnet/family member for a piddlin' amount, and then makes a bundle on 'tribute' CDs.
(Someone else can make the Sally Struthers/Christian Children's Fund riff -- I need more coffee.)
Huh? This is equivalent to saying "Sorry I pushed you down the stairs, but I reserve the right to do it again!"
I remember this: O'Hara vs. Butler, 1868, State of Appeals Court, Georgia.
I'd like to see someone make a punchcard virus that can mutate and spread.
Someone with the flu sneezing on a tapestry made with a Jacquard Loom.
... until it's also a floor wax, a dessert topping, *and* can run Linux.
BATS AREN'T BUGS!"
Referring to The Manchurian Candidate, a 1962 film in which American soldiers are brainwashed into becoming fighting machines in the Korean war, Mr Thompson said: "We have got a nation of Manchurian Candidates who are training on these video games."
Next on the list of plantiffs -- the Bicycle Playing Card Company.
Failing to install a patch is not good enough a reason to punish anyone.
There's always a good reason to punish someone, if you look hard enough, have the resources and support, and have the fortitude to punish.
'Bad guys' are the ubiquious villians of the New Millenium.
Just make sure you get the right ATA. Could be unwise to piss off the higher-ups at the American Taekwondo Association...
/me answers
/me staggers back and collapses on floor
Me: {Ring Ring Ring Click} Hello, is this the ATA? I want to complain...
*knock on door*
Person at door: "Boot to the head!"
fwwwwooooop
"And one for Jenny and the wimp...."
Cringley admitted stealing 300,000 identities, with a worth of $65 billion, and the FBI/DoJ haven't arrested him for 'computer theft'??
If he was 'C71n9l@y', we'd have a '"Free Bob!" Defense Fund' up and running faster than you can say 'PATRIOT Act'!
The LawMeme article thinks this is bad news for innovation since Congress might be likely to pass a law making innovative software providers more liable for the copyright infringements of their customers in order to stop the public outcry over the RIAA lawsuits.
Here's a historical precedent: Preston Tucker. Many of his innovations were used by the very people that drove him (no pun, ha ha) out of business.
Sherman responded that most people don't shoplift because they fear they'll be arrested.
print Comment.ObWinonaRyder
Nope. The spin will be "file sharing is bad, no matter if you're 12 or 71. Stealing is stealing."
/s/n/o/o/p /a/r/o/u/n/d monitor your child's Internet activities....
Another reason to
Well, they must be porn. I'm now off to download everything on project Gutenberg and rename all the files 'porn underage kiddies sluts with barnyard animals.txt'
Too late. They downloaded "The Decameron" and "Ulysses" by James Joyce just to prove their point.
Okay, time for me to switch careers.
Wonder if there are any openings at the US Post Office in Truro, Massachusetts.....